Silvia Dimitrova

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Silvia Dimitrova
Dimitrova and one of her icons in Wells Cathedral.
Background information
Birth name	Silvia Dimitrova Rea
Born	1970
Origin	Pleven, Bulgaria
Occupation(s)	painter
Years active	1989–present
Website	silviadimitrova.co.uk

Silvia Dimitrova (Bulgarian: Силвия Димитрова) (born 1970) in Pleven) is an icon painter. She won a place at the prestigious School of Applied Arts at Troyan at the age of 13. She graduated in 1989. She then studied icon painting in Sofia under the tuition of Georgi Tchouchev, the grand master of Bulgarian icons, and was invited to exhibit her work in Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, amongst the elite group of icon painters.

She held a successful solo exhibition in Paris, in the Cultural Centre Edmond Rostand, Rueil-Malmaison in 1997. In the spring of 1999 she was commissioned by Downside Abbey to paint the Icon of St Benedict, Wells. At the beginning of 2000 Silvia worked as an artist-in-residence at Wells Cathedral with a commission to paint the Fourteen Stations of the Cross as a project for the Millennium. In the same year she was married, in Wells Cathedral, to Simon Potter, a house master at Downside School, Somerset. During this time she was also nominated and shortlisted for the European Women of Achievement Awards 2000 for contributions to the Arts. Since then Silvia has been working on both private and public commissions including St Paul's Cathedral, London and Hertford College, Oxford.

She works in the traditional technique of icon painting - egg tempera on wood, and her work covers the whole spectrum of traditional Bulgarian icons and original works.

1 Notable Exhibitions & Commissions
2 Coments on Dimitrova's art
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Notable Exhibitions & Commissions

1997

Centre Culturel Edmond Rostand, Paris, France

Dimitrova's Secular Painting: Blue Music

2001

Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge

2002

London Art Fair, Islington
St Bede Centre, Downside School
Courcoux & Courcoux, Stockbridge

2003

London Art Fair, London
Courcoux & Courcoux, Hampshire
St Mary, Islington, London
Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Art Seiller galerie, St Paul de Vence, France

2004

Mas d’Artigny, St Paul de Vence, France
L’Espace Int. Sculpture et Beaux-Arts, Orleans, France
St Mary,Yatton, Bristol

2005

Wells Cathedral, Wells
Edgar Modern fine art, Bath

[edit] Coments on Dimitrova's art

Dimitrova's Icon: The Resurrection

"Silvia’s icons express the continuing vitality of an ancient tradition of religious art. Following the rules of her discipline, their colour and attention to detail bring the saints and the mysteries of our faith to life in our own day. Her first icon in this country, the icon of St Benedict, was a new departure bringing Eastern iconography to a fresh understanding of the life of the patron of Western monasticism."

Dom David Foster O.S.B

"Her pictures embrace joyously colourful patterns, magical symbolism and deep serenity. They articulate a world of inner light and love, of a poetically mystical life that is both of nature and of humanity. It is an inspirational view of a painter who uses her ancient national traditions to celebrate the beauty and joys of life within the contemporary world."

Richard Leachman – Artworlds.

"Silvia’s paintings are on the theme of love and have all the richness, intensity and exuberance of her own personality. Her immediate success is only the beginning of what we believe will be a highly successful career."

Ian Courcoux – Courcoux & Courcoux.